Combined toy advertising device



Am! 25, 1939.' N FULTON 2,155,788 I COMBINED TOY ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Feb. 17, 1939 Patented Apr. 25, 1939 1, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,155,788 COMBINED TOY anvnn'rrsmc. DEVICE Nell Fulton, New York, N. Y.

Application February 1'7, 1939, Serial No. 256,999

7 Claims. (01. 40- 126) The present invention relates to toys or amusement devices, and has for an object to combine with a device of this character advertising characteristics so that the toy or amusement device 5,, may serve as a vehicle for the distribution of advertising, and wherein the advertising features comprise an essential portion of the toy.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sounding toy which may be constructed for amusement purposes and advertising purposes, for use in fairs, exhibitions and at all other public gatherings either inside or in the open having the purpose of an amusement or entertainment.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wind sounding toy and a plurality of advertising leaves or folds so arranged in the structure of the toy as to cooperate with the sounding device to produce various reed effects when the sounding device is blown.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to 25, like or corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is a front elevation of a combined toy and advertising device showing the advertising folder thereof in closed position.

Figure 2 is a similar view but showing the advertising folder in open position.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is an end view of the device looking toward the mouth piece thereof.

Referring now to the drawing the body portion ID of the device may be given any suitable fanciful or amusing configuration, and is shown in the present instance as in the form of a hand the 40) main portion of which comprises the palm which is fiat and provided with extended fingers I I and a thumb [2. The body portion may be made of any suitable material and may be provided with the fingers H and thumb l2 of the same material having sufficient inherent stiffness to maintain the projecting fingers and thumb extended, or may be otherwise suitably formed so as to suport the fingers and thumb in any desired manner from the palm or body portion l0.

The thumb I2 is utilized for supporting a reed like blowing tube l3 having a mouthpiece M at its outer end, and the thumb I2 is provided with a bracket arm or support l5 which extends downwardly from the outer end of the thumb and is provided with a loop l6 which is tightly secured about the blowing tube l3 whom the latter in substantially horizontal position with respect to the showing of the hand in Figure 1 and so as to support the mouthpiece l4 in extended relation for easy access to blow the tube or noise maker. The tube I3 is preferably of rubber or some such material and is flat or reed like at its inner end and is of sufiicient length to overlap and extend upon the palm or body portion 10 of the hand as shown to advantage in Figure 2.

The bracket arm I5 is of suflicient strength or stiffness to cooperate with the body portion In for holding the hand in upright relation when the mouthpiece I4 is applied between the lips and wherein the entire device is supported from the bracket arm 15 or any other convenient portion of the toy.

- For the-purpose of displaying advertising matter upon the toy, not only is the back of the hand available for any printed matter or the like desired, but the palm or inner side of the hand may also bear advertising matter. However, to enhance the reed effect of the noise maker or blowing tube l3, the outer edge of the body portion I!) may be provided with a desired number of leaves or. folds I! which in contour preferably correspond to that of the palm or body portion In as shown in Figures 1 and 2. These leaves or folds H are superposed upon the palm and upon each other and are hingedly connected together and to the palm so that they maybe swung or turned outwardly and over in the manner of the leaves of a book or a folder so that advertising matter may'bedisplayed upon the opposite sides of the leaves, the leaves may be used as return coupons with certain values in the sale of articles advertised, or the leaves or folds may be of any other suitable construction and mounted in any suitablemanner prvided they do not detract from the general configuration of the toy.

In order to structurally impart a thickness to the .'body portion or palm l0, and also to en hance the reed effect of the blowing device, the leaves or folds I! are preferably bowed o-r bulged outwardly from the inner side of the palm Ill so as to space the leaves slightly apart and admit of their independent vibrations under the action of the air current from the blowing device, and to also impart a roundness or thickness to the body portion of the hand.

This construction provides upon one or more of the leaves l1, particularly the outer leaf, short thumb projections l8 which overlie and conform to the general shape and configuration of the thumb l2 of the hand. The thumb I2 and also the thumb projections l8 are provided in their opposite edges with notches l9, or the like, adapted to receive therethrough an elastic band 29 which is proportioned to yieldingly hold the thumb projections !8 upon the thumb I2. It will be noted, particularly from Figure 3, that the notches [9 in the successive thumb projections [8 are offset outwardly from the body portion of palm l0 successively throughout the superposed leaves or folds. Therefore, when the notches IQ of the thumb projections are brought into register with one another and with the notches of the thumb l2, the leaves or folds I! will be left full or bowed outwardly from the palm of the hand so as to impart the desired feature of thickness, and also to accommodate the inner end of the blow tube l3 which may be flexed and inserted between any desired leaves I! to produce the reed like noise.

While the elastic band 26 is shown, other means may be employed for releasably holding the leaves or folds I! in closed position. It will be noted that the thumb projections I8 may be quickly withdrawn from beneath the elastic band 20 and the leaves may be turned over into open position, one at a time if desired so that all of the reading or advertising matter which is carried by the leaves or folds l1 may be perused and thus displayed among a scattered selection of jokes or bright sayings which will cause the persons using the toy to go carefully through the various leaves or folds I'l.

- It will thus be seen that the device presents an economical toy or amusement device having great advertising advantages in its construction, a device which may be cheaply manufactured and sold, and easily distributed throughout the market and a device which is attractive at amusement gatherings of all kinds and which by its very construction entices the owner of the device to open up the leaves IT and carefully inspect all of the display matter thereon.

' What is claimed is:

1. A combined toy and advertising device, comprising a body portion constructed in the shape of a hand with an extended thumb, a noise maker having a mouth piece and a flexible blowing tube collapsed at its inner end, a. bracket arm carried by the thumb and connected to said noise maker for supporting the same with the mouth piece extending beyond said thumb, and a plurality of leaves'hinged to the body portion with free edges adjacent said blowing tube for vibration by air currents from the tube to produce a reed effect.

2. A combined toy and advertising device, comprising a body portion constructed in the form of a substantially flat open hand and having fingers and a thumb, a plurality of leaves connected to the body portion and conforming substantially to the shape thereof and arranged to be turned over for easy access to the opposite sides of the leaves, said leaves adapted to carry advertising matter thereon, and a noise maker mounted on said body portion and having a mouth piece extending outwardly therefrom and provided with a blowing tube having a relatively flat end adapted for insertion between said leaves for vibrating the same by air currents from the tube to produce a reed effect.

3. A combined toy and advertising device, comprising a body portion in the shape of an open hand and having surfaces for the reception of advertising matter, and a noise maker mounted on the body portion having a mouth piece extending therefrom for easy access to produce a noise and draw attention to the hand and advertising matter.

4. A combined toy and advertising device, comprising a body portion constructed in the shape of a hand with a relatively fiat palm and extending fingers and thumb, a noise maker mounted on the body portion having a mouth piece extending beyond the thumb and provided with a flexible collapsed tube extending over the palm of the body portion, a plurality of leaves hinged to the outer edge of said body portion and conforming substantially to the contour of the palm and adapted to receive the collapsed end of said blowing tube therebetween, and means for securing said leaves in outwardly bowed relation to one another and to said palm of the body portion for imparting the appearance of thickness to the hand.

5. A combined toy and advertising device, comprisinga body portion in the form of a hand having fingers and a thumb, a plurality of leaves hinged to the outer edge of said body portion and conforming substantially to the shape of the palm of the hand and provided with short thumb extensions adapted to overlie the inner part of the thumb of the hand, said thumb of the hand and said short extensions having notches in the opposite edges thereof with the notches spaced outwardly and consecutively in the overlying extensions of the leaves, and an elastic band secured about the thumb and extensions and engaged in said notches for holding the notches in register and holding the leaves in successively outwardly bowed positions relative to one another and to the palm of the hand.

6. A combined toy and advertising device, comprising a body portion constructed in simulation of an object and having advertising receiving surfaces thereon, and a sounding device mounted on the body portion for making a noise and attracting attention to the object and advertising matter carried thereon.

7. A combined toy and advertising device, comprising a body portion constructed in simulation of an object, and a plurality of foldable leaves carried by the body portion and lying within the marginal edges of the object and adapted to receive printed matter thereon.

NELL FULTON. 

